Shenmue - Early Phoenix Mirror

4:50 Save/Load because it took me multiple tries, so not required for the glitch
5:00 Menu Glitch by unbinding a key before a loading zone.
6:23 Rebind so I can change tab, confirming with mouse cause (A) will draw the sword.
6:28 Press (A) on Save screen to buffer the sword draw animation
6:35 You can't use stairs while you're on the Save screen so I need to change tab and trigger the stairs animation before the buffered sword draw.
7:03 Back on Save screen to keep the sword draw buffered.

[@retroquince]

does this actually skip forward the story?

[@bulbipop]

Yeah it skips the handguard and a few cutscenes and allows you to go the harbor without using glitches. It doesn't skip anything in the harbor though.